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Sundarbans has 'lost 110 square kilometres of mangroves in two decades'"Huge mangroves were lost in the British era as well. There is a 5.2 mm rise in sea levels in the Sunderbans. People have been affected by ...- Cyclone Asani: Villagers in many Bengal districts told to move to sheltersAsani, a severe cyclonic storm approaching from the southeast region of the Bay of Bengal, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Od...
- How to protect Mumbai from future cyclonesMumbai’s infrastructure that monitors weather systems also failed when called upon the most. The western coast has five doppler radars to t...
- Industries along east coast now brace for cycloneCompanies are taking all possible precautions to minimise the impact of the cyclone on their units. On high alert are districts like Jajpur...
- Man-animal conflict to rise in Sunderbans : studyThe study also brought out the fact that most of the dense mangrove forest will degrade into less dense, open mangrove forest by the turn o...
- Climate alert for swamp tigerMore alert has been sounded for the Sunderbans tiger on the climate front.
- Sunderbans sea level to rise 3-8 mm per year: World Bank reportThe report stated that the sea level rise could mainly be attributed to land subsidence caused by various natural and anthropogenic process...
- Sunderbans sea level to rise 3-8 mm per year: World Bank reportThe water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a Wor...
- Sea rise, salinity force Sunderbans inhabitants to migrateThe migration of the inhabitants of Sunderbans has in turn brought about a change in the socio-economic condition of the area.
- Now, a climate model for SunderbansA team of nearly 50 scientists led by coastal engineering expert Robert Nicholls from Southampton University travelled to the Tiger camp in...
- Land vanishes in east SunderbansThe upper Bidya and Raimangal regions in the Sunderbans, key human and wildlife habitat in the eastern parts of the mangroves, are under se...
- Bangla couple ride across the world for ‘greener Earth’They are afraid their homeland may disappear one day. Rising sea levels are pushing communities in Sunderbans to the edge and Mohammad Shah...
- Centre nod to climate action planThe Centre has approved the state's plan to take immediate steps against climate change.It will be executed by the state government once th...
- Kolkata on edge of disasterKolkata may be living on borrowed time, waiting for a disaster to happen.The city has been listed among the top 20 metros in the world that...
- 'Development deficit worsening climate change in Sunderbans'Observing that climate change is adversely affecting the world heritage site of Sunderbans, a new study has blamed development deficit for ...
- Sundarbans’ Saline KillerAshutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year’s Cyclone Aila. Yet, th...
- New Moore isle no more, expert blames warmingThe New Moore island near the Bay of Bengal is being swallowed by the rising sea, making it one of the earliest instances of a patch of ter...
- Sunderbans will drown in 60 years: WWFThe World Wildlife Fund has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of th...
- Sunderbans will drown in 60 yrs: WWFThe WWF has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of the rare mangrove ...
- 'One centre in each state to study climate change'Noted agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan has advocated for setting up an inter-disciplinary centre for management of climate change in ...
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